Suwannee Roots Revival focuses on showcasing established and emerging roots musicians throughout the weekend. The lineup includes performers with long histories of epic Suwannee performances along with a history of showcasing some surprise one-of-a-kind collaborations—you never know who will give a surprise sit-in on stage (or in the campgrounds, for that matter). There is an open call to play in the many campground pickin’ party sites throughout the weekend, including at Slopryland, hosted by Sloppy Joe, and the Bill Monroe Shrine, hosted by Quartermoon.

Music will be staged in a variety of areas, with many acts playing multiple times. Big Cosmo’s Amphitheater is nestled in a tree-filled natural amphitheater, adding to the magic through the beautiful setting. The Dance Tent is a fantastic spot to immerse yourself in the music and is close to the Vendor Village so you can dance, shop, and snack at the same time.

The Music Hall is an excellent spot for special indoor listening experiences with stage lighting, air conditioning, and a cafe. Special performances and a wide range of hands-on workshops will take place at the Music Farmers Stage at The Back Porch, which is sponsored by the festival’s nonprofit arm, Live Oak Music and Arts Foundation (LOMAF supports music and arts programs in North Florida schools, including the Suwannee Spirit Kids Music Camp.)

The Vendor Village features a diverse range of arts and crafts with a strong emphasis on original creations and unique items, as well as culinary delights ranging from healthy to decadent. Suwannee Roots Revival has a lot of fun for the little ones too! Complete with a kids area tucked accessibly into the woods near the Music Farmers Stage, with crafts, circus toys, open areas for running, and a kids parade at the end of the weekend!

The park itself is a place where children of all ages can rediscover (or discover for the first time) the wonderland of sights, sounds, and sensations that make for a weekend of musical paradise at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.

SOSMP offers guest comforts, including a general store, full-service restaurant, free showers, indoor bathrooms, and water stations. Upgraded camping, including RV hookups and cabin rentals, as well as golf cart rentals, are currently on sale. Reservations may be made by calling the Park office at (386) 364­-1683. SOSMP is located between Jacksonville and Tallahassee, about 30 minutes south of the Georgia state line, about 45 minutes north of Gainesville, and is host to a variety of events. Please visit the park’s web site at www.musicliveshere.com for further information.

Tickets are on sale now, with the Early Bird Tier 1 weekend price ending Friday, May 1. Suwannee Roots Revival offers a multi-day Weekend Ticket that includes festival admission for four days of music, as well as primitive camping on Thursday-Sunday nights. Military and Student discounts are available. Children 12 and under are free if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. For complete ticket information, visit suwanneerootsrevival.com/tickets.

Suwannee Roots Revival 2026 Initial Lineup: Trampled By Turtles, Sam Bush, Leftover Salmon, Shadowgrass, Eddie 9V, Shinyribs, The Lee Boys with Roosevelt Collier, Armchair Boogie, Holy Roller, Peter Rowan, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, Verlon Thompson, Jon Stickley Trio, The Grass Is Dead, Mosier Brothers Band, Aint Sisters, Nikki Talley Band, Quartermoon, Sloppy Joe, Kamp Happiness Family Jam and more artists to be revealed soon!

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Like Lucy’s love making, the media hustle is rarely predictable or consistent. Occasionally, an outlet has to make the questionable choice of unteathering from the Wranglers and learn the hard truths that come with the moral and spiritual cleaving from the source. A sincere thank you for making us your number one outlet for festival tripe. Are you not influenced? Sometimes in this world, one has to spend money to make money. Or in this case, spend money to make no money. Not for prophet? Yes, Dirttrack Donnie, we still haven’t found a way to monetize the site. Lucienda Rosalita had finally paid the boatsman and figured she was going to get her moneys worth. It was a moral imperative. And she did, but not in the way she expected. And therein lies the rub. Suwannee. What you seek is not what you find. Or rather, you will get what you want, but not in the way you expect. Or maybe a bit too much. Welcome to Aladdin’s lamp. This is the theater of the mind. Open the door to the Suwannee Resonate “26 Freebie. Welcome to Kamp Severe Mental Illness, Kamp Cognitive Dysfunction, or Kamp Extreme Irrational Behavior. Kamp still working on the name. Welcome to thirteenth floor R&D. You get what you pay for.

Lucy shrieked at the idea of paying full price for the festival which was the first time in over five years she’d paid for anything other than Billy shows. Not that it mattered. Lucy and Bagosux arrived with no money and no contraband. They left with seventeen doll hairs. At some point they sold the Legend of Zelda print for twenty doll hairs and spent that on cheap cigarettes.  If Pedro had been here, just the space madness alone was worth three hundred bucks. They arrived Tuesday and would enjoy the fruits of the pre-party. Hopefully the old gypsy woman was full of shit and they could ignore her warning to not fall victim to hubris.

Part One, Dimentia. They had no contraband so he lost no contraband. The connection was easy to see. Others had misplaced their contraband even before the seat belt sign was turned off. Or cameras? Or bracelets? Or whatever…From where Lucienda perched, the parade of the festival traveled right past her stoop and she witnessed the same story on repeat with different actors.

She paid full price and so she was going to get her money’s worth. What did that even mean? She didn’t make it into the show. She hung out with the Gravedigger, who didn’t have a bracelet, like Ma and Pa Kettle, waiting for the boys to return from the Anzio bridgehead. All she wanted to do was sit in the dirt, play guitar songs and debate pertinent sociopolitical topics of the day.

Happy Birthday you son of a bitch. Noah acknowledged that he’d tried to fuck up his own birthday. During Clozzee he puked, pissed and cried. Wise beyond his years, he was aware that most times for your money you could only get one of those. Mississippi blue ribbon king of admonishment? When did Bible names come back en vogue? Not big enough to hold down the seats in the theater and also needed a big woman to help him open the doors at the Hoggly Woggly. He was somehow maintaining and exceeding expectations with no shoes, no guitar and a face layered with a rich crust of diatomaceous earth, drug residue and expired ejaculate.

Lesson number forty two. Lucy learned the hard way: Don’t allow your mind to be folded into concentric origami shapes, lost in a soup of primordial memories and sour ugliness during working hours. Save that for the homies and the late night session. The worst version of air.

Part Two, Schizophrenia. She closed her eyes and played guitar, strangely happy that she was partially deaf. She had no idea what was going on around him. Selective hearing? Selective sanity? Wisconsin Lindsey moved in at some point. “Mind I if encroach?” I’m from Wisconsin. We eat people. Shadow people. For some time she had been voluntarily trying to have herself trafficked and as far unsuccessful, she was beginning to fear that perhaps Arabs didn’t find her attractive. Like her mother always said, maybe she was ugly. She did, however know all the words to Rob Zombie’s “Living Dead Girl” at the request happy hour.

At some point during the affair, people, all the people began losing things. Mostly phones but also drugs and bracelets. It was Shakespearian theater in how often it was happening. All around in a vortex of retarded confusion, everyone asking for help, somehow commandeering the group to search for their, whatever. My back is broken so I am unable to pick up the film canister of my grandfather’s ashes. Do I smell like a hot back brace? It’s really too stupid to be fiction.

Lucy went inside the venue one time, only to make fun of the Dick that is Crystal. Can you make change for a counterfeit ten-thousand dollar bill? Fugazi or not, it was supposed to be filled with cocaine. That was the whole point. In the end, what have we learned? When you lie down with dogs you get fleas. What do you expect to find down in a pig mine? Who had said the Danimal was “disarmingly charming”? Her only job had been to take him a twenty dollar bill sprinkled with Detroit dry wall. Disarmingly charming? How about NO. Crystal Dicks. Danimal sounds like a yogurt tube drink. To be fair, he believed the White Ninja when he said he would “return” with a twelve pack of Twisted Teas. That was his second mistake, right after being born looking like Timber. Kamp Passive Aggressive Daddy Issues?

Shoe Horn. Free Jello shots and childhood nightmares. Guy actually helped his neighbors appear “classy?” by having the megaphone next door. The spectrum of obnoxious had shifted and they were playing par golf. It’s special when neighbors can compliment each other and work in tandem. Lucy had never heard of someone who actually enjoyed being electrocuted. What kind of animal would that look like? The Shoe was the answer to the question, “What would happen to a man who got zapped by the cop prod?” Would he pass out and shit himself or simply shake it off and bring a mighty force to bear? Serious questions that needed to be answered and the Shoe Horn was just the savage to do it. He took two shots to the forearm and bucked with a disconcerting ease. By the end of the festival, the zapper came up missing and that’s likely for the best. Suwannee deputies or shock therapy? The choice is yours.

Part Three, Delusion. Why didn’t you help me when that girl was screaming at me? From where she was sitting, lots of people seemed to be hollaring at eat other. And besides, everyone knows the Gravedigger is a raging lunatic. To fight that one you might as well run backwards into the bulls of Pamplona. And besides, she was busy with Space Cake trying to figure out why the lights had gone out in Georgia.

Bagman noticed that everyone was getting worked over by the forest. The insides were coming outside. Lucy rarely left camp so from her perspective, the festival was ripping by like a Mardi Gras parade. And there were patterns. Things that kept happening over and again, just with different people. Great fun to be sure, but each person though their crisis was unique and spectacular and in the universe of confusion, theater of the mind, it may have been but it was also just really just extradoriily goofy.

Kamp Happiness does not stick the landing. Sometime late Friday night, they heard female screams from next door. Lucy didn’t think they were coming from Shoe’s place. I mean, what kind of girls would go there. Don’t worry, she thinks purple lips are sexy. Two for ten? Old people prices. It was just girls shrieking at each other, which was common enough in mixed circles but Hobo Kamp typically does a reasonable job of avoiding those unfortunate episodes. Apparently, this time. Some time late Saturday night there became some kind of social collapse and females in the kamp began losing their shit on each other. When exactly did everyone lose control? I’m thinking it’s the guy from Wormtown but who really knows? We come to the forest for answers and sometimes she barks, “You can’t handle the truth!”

Lucy woke up to a series of rumors about herself. She’d been busy, apparently involved in a narrative involving a stolen camera, she’d dressed like a transvestite, an although not the perferred vernacular, the Kamp Haappiness has a rotating membership. Many people have decided not to live in the portal, but rather back up a pitching wedge or nine iron. Real talk. We bring plenty of thugs in the kamp and it gets a little slickery. With most of these admitted reprobates, you get the good with the bad. You think Hemmingway or Bukowski didn’t get “sporting” from time to time? Hard yes. Grow up. It comes with the territory. You bought a ticket, might as well see the show.

Lucy walked out of her campsite and sitting in the middle of the street, right up her skirt were two Suwannee Sherrifs SUVs. They seemed extra close. Whoever they were looking for was close. In seconds, the two vehicles morphed into five. The last time anyone had seen this Christopher Michael Sommers went to jail. Lucy immediately checked her pockets for contraband and found none. She considered her kamp and vehicle and whether they would pass the test if combed by Deputies or their drug dogs. Again, it was comforting to have so little and so little to care for. Lucy woke up Sunday to a virtual armada of Suwannee deputies parked right up her skirt. From their spot on the dance floor, they could see all the way to Argentina. Kamp sketch as fuck? Kamp bench warrant? Kamp panic attack? I smell a hit.

Part Four, Neurosis. Lucy was handing out nitrous balloons with Baitbucket breath. She was confessing to others as they sucked old CO2 and still they sucked. Obviously we cannot guarantee your safety. Look around. Toys in the attic. Have you seen this place? Serious thugs slither through these camps. All of these women are on medication for a good reason. Normal people can be tedious. The audacity! Show up with this cattle car of psychosis and there is usually very little “dead air”. Free psychiatric advice. Your first session is free.

You have entered the unsoundness of the mind. Lucy had suffered terrifying visions. Doing experimental drugs in the middle of the day? Poor form ol boy. Learning the same lesson for the thirteenth time. Thrice you have offended me. Apologies would be in order.

Real talk. They said stay off the trails at Manatee Springs. High tick count? Bruh. She was a cracker and claimed to know how to handle Florida critters, but…in…this…case. they were right. Holy shit. Ticks. Ticks aplenty. She managed to rip the bodies out of her flesh, but somehow left the poison head. Lyme’s disease is no excuse for insanity and it’s not cool when Jehovah’s Witness trap their neighbors.

Screaming at each other. Arguing during load-out. Gay. Serotonin Sunday? It felt like a rerun of a sitcom that didn’t stand the test of time. Unfortunate scores from the Canadian judge as Kamp Happiness does not stick the landing. Turned ankle? More like snapped in half. Lucy was somewhat surprised that folks were registering, as if for the first time, that she was an unreasonable asshole. She shrieked, “I’ve been one since the day we met.” Get the memo. Complete douche and an animal product not for human consumption. Me no hear. I can’t people. Broken like the liberty bell. As she woke up on Sunday, she found she’d been busy, somehow involved in a narrative involving a stolen camera, dressing like a transvestite, and while not the preferred vernacular, the real question was whether she was just cross dressing or actually removing her penis. Other reports included pulling a switchblade on an unsuspecting patron, which was highly likely as she was apt to be handling pirate tools. She had managed to stay out of the brown liquor and kept free of roaming brown outs. Talk about the sparrows flying.

Band on the Run. Stevie Nicks and the Mighty Quinn were screwing in the tent when some lonely fraternity boy shouted from his tent, “Take it to the car.” The truth is that we love the bleating of sweet love making in the forest. Yes, Paul and Linda did hire mercenaries to bust them out of a Nigerian jail. One hears a great many strange and unusual things in the wilderness. He thought everyone was supposed to camp around the same fire but maybe fires have a carrying capacity. Sideways insanity also offers a chance for friends to get to know each other better, reset boundaries and learn to love harder.

She had sores everywhere where the tick heads were still pumping their poison juice into her brain. Maybe she already had Lyme’s disease. Maybe that’s what made her crazy. Finally something was making sense. That math mathed. Visit the Suwannee Resonate website and like their social media sites on Facebook, Instagram and X. The math checks out. Measure twice, cut once.

He was glad his phone had been disconnected. He wouldn’t have to listen to how he’d ruined the weekend for everyone. I can’t people. We lost a lot of good men out there today. You can’t fire me. I quit. This is your brain on shrugs. Any questions? What did we learn? You have to believe in what you’re doing, especially when you suspect you may just be full of absolute shit. Like Sam Clemens said, “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).” It was hard for Lucienda to accept full blame, after all, her mother hadn’t breast fed her, so all blame eventually spiraled back to that original neglect. The following week, she would be at Jazz Fest in the bowels of the Crescent City, a framework which would come with its own new set of perimeters and legal questions.

Follow the Wranglers as the Hobo Kamp security force attacks the summer tour with Mountain Music Festival, FloydFest and Jimmy Hoboken’s Fancy Tool Table. This is the eye of the slurricane. Don’t mix tranquilizers and whiskey.

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Widely regarded as one of North America’s most immersive, community-driven festivals, Hulaween blends music, art, and camping into a multi-day experience rooted in connection and creativity. Set in Florida’s lush panhandle, Spirit of the Suwannee offers a unique natural backdrop of moss-draped forests, winding riverbanks, and expansive campgrounds.

New for 2026, the festival introduces a series of elevated experiences and fan-first upgrades, alongside more accessible pricing—4-Day GA passes start at $469, over $75 lower than 2025—as part of its continued commitment to the Hula Fam.

Hulaween’s Spirit Lake is heralded as one of the leading immersive art experiences across American festivals, brimming with talented sculptors, fire/metal workers, painters, performance art thespians, and lighting designers. Attendees can revel in lakefront holographic projection mapping, hypnotizing light shows, and interactive installations.

Keep up with the Hulaween website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and TikTok. Science is like math. It doesn’t care whether you believe in it or not. Welcome to the machine.

Look for Wranglers Media burrowed into Kamp Happiness at Suwannee Hulaween for nightly interactive fun. Join the fam for games, prizes, acoustic jams and a fair bit of pirating. Find the game inside the game. The world is your oyster.

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Well glory be! Get Jesus on the mainline and tell him what you want. Suwannee Spring Reunion returned to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park for its 2026 chronicle at the beautiful Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Larkin Poe, Steep Canyon Rangers, Keller and the Keels, Sam Grisman Project, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, Grass is Dead, Sunnyside Stringband, Tire Fire  and more took to the treasured Suwannee stages along with a parade of food, merch, vendors, artists, pickers, grinners and all points in between. Welcome home to the banks of the Suwannee River. This is where music lives and the fire is burning all night. It’s Suwannee Spring Reunion “26: Time to clock in.

After the last set, take a ride with Kendall and Kendall and make the rounds. Stop by Sloppryland, Poohville and/or plunder some flags from the River Pirates, but don’t be gone all night. We will need you back at Hobo Kamp to help facilitate the night’s interactive activities. This is going to be lit and you are needed to keep the party from turning into a scene of dark absence. Be ready to clock in and work when you get back to the Milk Parlour. No need for ultra-violence, high vibration is the word and we need some action around the fire. No spoken word lest you petition for the sheperd’s crook.

The Hobo Kamp security team arrived Tuesday with a serious mandate to double down on Spring Reunion. Plan A was still in effect and with absolutely perfect Florida weather, all they needed to do was follow the Katie Waffle template. Like the Guv’nah said, “If you build it they will come.” This was to be no fraternity party looking to play quarters in the dark. Welcome to JamKamp. Typically loud and sloppy, littered with “train wrecks” and Chinese verses, this year’s offering also included glimpses of blinding brilliance and whispergrass.

“Love You Leonard” Oh the streets of Rome are filled with pork butt… Who doesn’t remember the children’s book about the sweet bear who got his paw stuck in the banjo? How could these greenhorns all end up around the fire without a single snark? Mawmaw always said there was nothing sloppier than a bevy of hippies trying to tune by ear. Pooh Bear had what appeared to be an enormous tapeworm dangling from his nether regions as he tried to shield hippies from stepping on the neck of the Martin while simultaneously slapping Baitbucket in the mouth for leaving the instrument in the dust. At one point Godsend found himself seated with a banjo in each ear. Interactive fun with surround sound stereo banjo.

While fishing for lamprey in the lake, Banjovi hooked and landed a submerged megaphone covered with snails and algae. How could such a thing end up at the bottom of the lumberyard? An enigma, wrapped in a mystery, burritoed by a riddle. On one of his many late-night visits, he was accompanied by Squatting Maura, Evil Mistress of the Night and Queen of Poohville who, in confidence, confessed that a night of forbidden pleasure with Jim Lauderdale had resulted in their love child, Justin Beiber. After years of broken treaties and soft coups, diplomatic relations between the neighboring camps had flourished and was producing a high yield.

The audacity! Thrice you have offended me.

Amber’s alert and the petri dish melodica mouthpiece. Amber the Shikori princess had fallen asleep in a hammock and was out like a trout. California law would be identified as “exhaustion” but here, when someone’s parachute fails to deploy, it’s called a disco nap. “Is she alive?” the children asked. They were unable to stir the sleeping spunion and Lucy suggested they try using the cattle prod she kept nearby for “emergencies”. Johnny Sixpack suggested they let her rest and to be fair, she’d been babysitting Tommy Thermometer and scream-laughing non-stop for two days. “Amber Alert” could be heard throughout the forest for the remainder of the event. All were reminded of a lesson from another time; Don’t put your mother down as your emergency contact. “Is she gonna make it Doc? She’s gotta play melodica tonight!” Naturally, by showtime she was ready to clock in and drop the boom and while it remained a pleasure to work with professionals, Godsend was sure to double-wrap the melodica mouthpiece before I touched his lips.

Third Eye Blind showed up late but managed not to get lost deep on the mud trails of the park during ingress. He’d recently tweaked his back performing advanced Shibaru and wrangled a team of day workers to help with his load-in. After being struck by lightning for the sixth time, he now possessed the mutant power to see five minutes into the past. He bruised his hand playing bluegrass cajon and dished out movie money to the street children who apparently tried to use ten thousand dollar bills to purchase jingle jangles at Wormtown. Baitbucket promised Tommy Thermometer he would help with his egress and as he lounged at the beach the man’s last, sad text simply read, “Need help.”

Mitocondria is known as the powerhouse of the cell because it generates most of the cell’s energy. Every camp needs one. Lucy noticed she was absent and had become increasingly selfish with her time and attention. Late late night she came in hot and Lucy looked at her watch. “You ready to clock in?” “We’re looking for some live music”. “Well, that’s all you had to say, home skillet.” Next thing up, Darling Corey arrived and things escalated quickly. All were treated to late night jams including Sam the Sham, Mongo Jerry and Jerry Band. Stop the presses! The funk even managed to slide in from time to time and sit a spell. Godsend squealed as he realized he was picking alongside dueling Dobros? One sees a lot of strange and unnatural things playing in the depths of the forest. You’ve chosen wisely, grasshopper.

JBfly and Lucy found themselves at the amphitheater stage for Sam Grisman Project with Peter Rowan. Panama Red, who’d they’d first seen perform at SOSMP in 2002, still boomed through the turkey oaksr. En route to Mi Kulture for crumpled velvet, they would stop at the shirt booth, stage left and get a VASSAR shirt for another unsuspecting victim. As far as Sunday uniforms, it really is the industry standard. Lucy used a pocket knife to unlock her ankle monitor so he was unteathered for their adventure. Maybe it was the Pink Floyd that resulted in her over stimulation during Keller and the Keels which resulted in her having to be managed with a heavy squirt of bear juice. Bolting from the amphitheater stage she fell while grabbing her leftover drink from behind the dumpster. Something else must have happened near the retention pond because by the time she got back to camp she smelled like bad buttermilk. Hunkering around the fire for the rest of the night, she sang John Prine songs in her best Bene Gesserit “voice”.

“Danny’s not here Mrs. Torrence”

The God Quartz and unwanted visions. Surrender yourself to the God Quartz and pray he has not soiled your linens. This will not due. As the prophesy predicted, He had returned and the Consigliere’s metal was being tested. During Larkin Poe, he began to lose purchase and slip toward shaky ground. Surrendering total control, what had previously been diagnosed as a learning deficiency possibly managed with small group instruction, had devolved to a situation requiring one-on-one remediation and/or electroshock therapy. After three days, he’d become “soapy” and his brain had turned to mush. David Attenborough nature documentary??? Nice work Don Juan. So romantic. Recent studies revealed that long term use of the ethanol punch slush known as Strawberita can result in bloating, night terrors, dementia, loss of libido and damage to the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. By Friday, his voice had rotted into a shattered husk, which was understandable. He’d stared directly into the face of the God Quartz which had been known to turn lesser men into ash. What you call a hog’s leg, he calls a dinosaur poop.

On the other hand, he’d finally lost the face and the music was beginning to come out a little smoother. Having done the work, he’d made consistent strides and found himself ahead of the ten year success goal. He’d found the sacred note. Practice is prologue and it was time to clock in. Godsend barked, “That squeezebox isn’t going to squeeze itself and you’re scheduled to work a graveyard shift double.” After all, he’d survived his third challenge and had been reborn chrome, only to see his reflection and feel fear. Perhaps for the last time.

Toddler pirates and the removal of Boca trash. Along with the saving grace and redemption power of gospel bluegrass, Sunday’s sunrise campfire jam included a birthday celebration for Boca trash and the sorriest pirate. He oozed into the party just in time to inaudibly request Jerry songs and blow spit bubbles. Par for the course. He’d come to reclaim the booty lifted from his camp at sunrise but Hobo Kamp had themselves, been pillaged earlier in an unexpected turn of deceit. While Lucienda had been drawn out to haggle trinkets with a group of hippy children, another strike team of underage street hoodlums slipped through the camp like velociraptors and silently relieved them of their standards. Perhaps they were the ones that ended up with the World War II saber. One had to admire the next generation of buccaneers seizing the moment and joining the engagement in progress. Having been outsmarted by toddler pirates, the crew settled back into the Manhattan’s classic, “Shining Star” for the sleepy swashbuckler, waiting for him to expire so they could rifle through his pockets for contraband. Through good grace and mercy, he somehow managed to escape the gauntlet with both his integrity and chastity intact.

Is this thing on? She heard crickets chirping again and was reminded of the words of Wilford Brimley, “They can’t all be home runs and three out of ten hits gets you into the Hall of Fame.” On more than one occasion, Lucienda wished she’d had a five-second delay, kill switch. When things came too fast or out of order she would embrace her personal meditation. Shhhhh. Quiet thyself. Silence the mind. Find your center. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Use your Wynn Hoff box breathing. Balance. Whenever she heard her own voice she could tell was talking too much. Just like the uncomfortable silence after one of her “jokes”, she was reminded to embrace the space between words. And heed the old gypsy woman’s warning; Never…trust…a…fast…talker.

Sunnie Rae comes home. Found wrapped in a swaddling cast net, floating down the Suwannee in a Natural Light box, Free Range child of flowers and Wrangler correspondent, Shanaynay brought her band of pocket shredders back to the cradle and proceeded to stomp on the home field terra. Down from the High Country of Smasheville, the Sunnyside Stringband put their stamp on the weekend with two electrifying sets and helped to close out Vassar Family Jam with Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan.

You’re welcome. While the kamp mission statement always included the inclusion of all pickers, regardless of skill level, Lucienda mercifully left her fiddle at home. She had recently returned to the beginner lessons and it continued to produce a sound similar to a stray cat giving birth the wrong way. In the words of Shane Turner, “You’re not too old, you just waited too long to start.” Bad fiddle opens the way to low camp vibration and that’s how things end up in the lake.

Mr. Zimmerman is in the house. That mandolin isn’t going to pick itself. Welcome back to the fray. We’re going to play all night and it’s your turn to drive the jam. Time to clock in. The fingers were black and the shoulders were sore from hours of non-stop chemical bluegrass. With her tongue hanging out of her mouth, it was obvious Lucy’s brain was having trouble keeping up with her fingers. They were playing so much she was dreaming guitar solos. “They want to stand up and play?” Lucy considered that pretty advanced and had trouble concentrating on that many things at once. After all their schemes and plans, like countless times before, they would sit around the fire, pickin’ all night and there was really nothing better. After so many weekends doing the same thing at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, it sounded ridiculous, but Lucy could remember having that much fun playing music in a long time.

Once again Suwannee Spring Reunion showed that it’s one of the best parties around because of the vibe. The lineup, the weather, art, food and location all blend around the a group of people caught in the social hypnotism of the high vibration. It works. Show up, build it, burn it down, clean it up. Spread the word, the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park ranks among the sweetest places to enjoy a camping/music festival anywhere. Follow the Wranglers as we take on Fox Fam Jam and Florida Groves as the Florida spring festival season continues. Then, it’s time to circle the wagons and survive Resonate, which is all one can hope for. Let’s meet up at Roots Reunion in October. Maybe the banjo and the Pooh Bear onesie will be there…

No AI was used in the creation of this article. Obviously.

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The High Country was engrossed in the brace of deep winter. Lucienda had stayed in the mountains the previous year, the Buick encased in an frozen egg, sliding on black ice. No mas. She didn’t ski or snowboard and the closest she came to winter sports was seeing how long she could go each season without slipping and wiping out on the ice. This was the tour that would hit all the sweet spots. Make sure your passport isn’t expired. Welcome to Florida Winter at Alligator Alcatraz and the Invisibility Bubble

Lucy’s head was spinning. It had been a busy couple of weeks and it was hard to ignore the news. Bob Weir had passed, sobering everyone up for a few days. In Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good had been killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who suffered moderate rectal bleeding. The suits were talking about bringing down soldiers from Alaska to help with the crazies. Get the folks in line, they say. Lucy couldn’t imagine why anyone would choose to live in Minnesota in the winter, but that didn’t make things better. If they were looking for Spanish people, Lucy had just spent a week on Miami Beach and saw no ICE agents even though the place was thick with Spaniards. It was for the better, Lucy was scared enough of cops when they weren’t covered up with hunting bandannas. It was a time to remain invisible.

She was hunting something she’d known earlier in life. The Florida Winter. Golly, could she even remember how it was, with its cool breezes and dry afternoons? The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful. It made everything else easier. Now she was untethered and let loose on a populace unaware of how creative and shaky she could really be. There was work to be had all over the state and she was willing to sell “everything”. Even a job as an immigration agents showed up on the board, with a fine starting salary. No experience necessary.

For a while, the mountain folk enjoy winter. Just as the first snow comes on Halloween night, they get busy greasing up their skis and taking bank-calendar worthy photographs of mountains and split rail fences covered with snow. This lasts for a while through November and many continue to find pleasure in this landscape for about two good snows or right after Christmas. The joyfulness is then over and come mid-February, the mountain people manage to find themselves in, what Jimmy called the “lower latitudes”.

Deland– Lucy was already sitting at the bar when the young man entered, obviously in a huff. He sat directly across from her and ordered a double. He knew the bartender and was ready to unload his troubles. The following excerpt is from the original notes.

“So, my girlfriend found out she was pregnant and I was thrilled. We’ve been doing great. I already bought a wedding ring and you know, I just bailed her out for $3,500. Was going to change my last name to hers, because I hate my family. They never include me in family gatherings. Why would I give a shit? My problem is, I just saw her car parked at the tattoo parlor and I know they don’t put tattoos on pregnant women. Christ, I just bailed her out of jail for $3500. The good news is my friend will vouch for me if I want to join the Outlaws.”

Are night terrors contagious? Could they be passed on like mites?

River House, Old Homosassa.Fort Myers– The guy at the flea market said it was the same as regular weed. The lady at the Purple Mushroom suggested that by purchasing cheap glass she was supporting the Taliban. Terrorist glass? All from buying a cheap gas station bowl. But now she was happily smoking gas station weed and it was getting her plenty high, she just wasn’t sure what was in it. Having at one time been a “purist” now, influenced by the Consigliere, she was routinely smoking THCP or A or whatever, in the most recent case, it was Pineapple Express. Both she and the Counselor were too cheap to pay for a Florida medical card and apparently, night terrors no longer counted as PTSD.

She made her way to Safety Harbor, on the north side of the bay. The bar was listening to Guns and Roses. “We’ve been dancing with Mr. Brownstone. He won’t leave me alone. Won’t leave me alone.”

Old Homosassa– Bob Weir’s passing sobered people up for a few days. The last time Lucienda had seen Bobby was with String Cheese the weekend that Phil Lesh passed. The wooks were breathing together. Hoping to live the rest of their life with a “Bob Weir” kind of attitude and approach to things.

The Invisibility Bubble. The gypsy insisted she’d never received a ticket while driving a motor vehicle. While it was impossible to figure she attributed it to the fact she traveled in an “invisibility bubble” that somehow kept her safe from the gestapo. Now Lucienda was traveling around in a 2007 GMC Savanna cargo van that had once been used as an AT&T service vehicle. It came with a emergency light on the back and striped warning tape down the bumper. For all purposes, it was completely invisible and would be perfect for her brand of travel and loose camping.

How can a person control their dietary habits when they sleep eat?

South Beach– On her way to Miami, she missed her turn in Moore Haven and ended up in Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida. Next stop, the South Florida Detention Facility. Alligator Alcatraz. A tent city, immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. That sounded crazy. A bunch of immigration agents harvesting Spanish people in the middle of the Everglades. Yeesh. She drove forward, wondering what the chance was they might have some kind of t-shirt, gift shop. A sure fire Christmas gift she could give to her Republican Dead Head friends in Texas and the Villages. Or maybe this place had an outside bar with palm frond, chickee roof, Christmas lights and ESPN. Could it be true that immigration agents deported several Miccosukee families back to the reservations in Tonkawa, Oklahoma? Probably just rumors. It was hard to know what to believe and Lucy still had to get to Miami. With a new cast net and three rigs, set to go, she knew that where ever she was in Florida, there’s never more than sixty miles to the coast.

Some of the fam was just getting back from the Friendship cruise and whatever bad dreams accompanied that ugliness, the other group was gearing up for Love Burn and another trip to Miami Beach. It’s February after all. Go to where the climate suits your clothes.

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2026 Lineup Highlights:
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe — Led by the longtime Rolling Stones touring saxophonist
Karl Denson — a powerhouse funk/jam collective known for explosive, horn-driven live shows.
Spafford — East Coast–based improvisational rockers blending jam and prog with fearless
energy.
Thumpasaurus — California’s high-voltage “love child of Talking Heads, Devo, and Primus,”
delivering outrageous funk theater.
Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes — The New Mastersounds guitarist teams up with
soulful vocalist Shelby Kemp and St. Pete rhythm duo Ashley and Taylor Galbraith for a groove-
forward, all-star set.
Plus COPE, Ajeva, Guavatron, Joe Marcinek Band, Flow Tribe, MiniM, The Heavy Pets, Dizgo, and Whale Feral. Artists-at-Large: Kanika Moore, Alex Steele, Joe Marcinek, and Sooza Horns sitting in across the weekend, plus tribute sets from Antelope (Phish) and Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads).
“Whippersnap has always been about more than music,” says festival producer Shane LaVigne. “We’re creating a space where people can connect, recharge, and celebrate community. Every year, the energy grows, and we can’t wait to share what’s in store for 2026.”

Beyond the Music
● Two non-overlapping stages for seamless listening all day and night.
● Late-night acoustic pop-ups in intimate corners of the ranch.
● Live art and installations from Dreem Lume and Planet Zuton.
● Kid-friendly workshops and wellness classes (yoga and tai chi).Elevated production: Immersive stage lighting and signature laser shows that transform the ranch after dark.
Camping options for every style: 200+ RV sites with electric/water hookups, shaded car camping, and primitive camping under the oaks.
“Our aim is a true Florida February tradition: world-class acts, excellent local food and craft beer, and nights under the oaks with friends and family,” LaVigne adds. “That balance of high-quality production and grassroots spirit is what makes Whippersnap special.”

Local vendors will serve a wide range of Florida flavors. Dunedin Brewery, the state’s oldest
craft brewery, returns with fan favorites and the exclusive festival brew, Snippersnap IPA.Tickets
Tickets are on sale now.
● $50 Wednesday pre-party
● $175 three-day admission (Thu–Sat)
● VIP packages available
● RV and camping passes, plus golf cart and pet passes

Florida Sand Music Ranch (formerly Sertoma Youth Ranch) is an 80 acre, wooded camping and event retreat located between Brooksville and Dade City, Florida. Experience old Florida camping under a natural hardwood canopy with the modern convenience of hot showers and indoor restroom facilities. Set up your tent in our primitive camping area or bring an RV / travel trailer, etc. and hook up with water and electric service.

Visit the Whippersnap website and like their social media sites on Facebook and Instagram. Sponsors include Dunedin Brewery, Cookies Dispensary, Whink Seltzer, HomeTeam Events, Photo Moxie Studios, Music Festivals Podcast and Second Hand Talent Podcast
“At the end of the day, Whippersnap is about love — for the music, for the people, and for the experience we create together,” LaVigne says. “That’s what keeps everyone coming back.”

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This year’s lineup adds some grateful goodness in the vein of Grahame Lesh with Warren Haynes, Nels Cline, Rob Barraco and John Molo, Warren Haynes Band, Umphrey’s McGee, 2nd set with All Night Wrong featuring Jennifer Wartswick, Skerik, Alex Wasily, Roosevelt Collier and more, Lettuce, Dumpstafunk plays Sly and the Family Stone, The Nth Power featuring Jennifer Wartswick, Cory Henry and Robert “Spud” Searight, The Heavyweights with Eric Krasno, Cory Henry and Robert “Spud” Searight, The Roosevelt Collier Band, Family Company, New Dawn Starkestra, Brock Butler Band, Gullah Collective, Kamp Happiness Family Jam and more.

Welcome back to the The Amphitheater Stage at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. It was your first favorite stage and likely still is. And why not? It’s where the cool kids are going to be. Whether on the rail or the old person rail back on the street, it has always been a unique place to experience music. The terraced bowl is shaded by turkey oaks draped with Spanish moss while chairs and hammocks are layered in every direction.

“Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida is loving home and proud host to dozens of eclectic music festivals dating back decades. Thousands of fans from around the world return time and again, flocking to frolic freely in this sacred space, to dance, commune, connect and coalesce around the intergenerational, genre-spanning live music gatherings. Centrally-located within the sprawling 800-acre campground venue is a celestial crown-jewel, the Amphitheater Stage, a majestic, tree-lined natural bowl with amazing acoustics, set amidst turkey oaks and dogwoods, framed by towering pines dripping in Spanish moss. The brilliant organic beauty creates crucial shade and an intimate container; familiar faces cultivate a familial atmosphere with filial traditions passed down from onstage to the rage. With world-class musicians blessing the Amphitheater Stage year after year, the sum of these sensory parts provide a unique, high-fidelity concert experience that rivals iconic amphitheaters like Colorado’s renowned Red Rocks or Washington’s breathtaking Gorge.”

At the end of the day, when the rubber meets the road, last year’s event produced one of Lucy’s favorite sets of the year. Daze Between Band playing with George Porter Jr. and showcasing songs he helped make famous with Eric Krasno, John Scofield, Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Ian Neville, Deven Trusclair, Jennifer Hartswick, Ryan Zoidis, Alex Wasily, Viveca Hawkins, Ari Teitel and guests. It was a hitfest from the Meters to Allen Toussaint, Robert Palmer to Little Feat and beyond. Pound for pound, withers to brisket, the Crescent City delivers the best kind of funk.

Visit the Amp Jam website and like their social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, X and reddit. Also check out the Wranglers Media family of interweb portals. Just lie back and let it happen. And be sure to visit last year’s inaugural wook silliness with Amp Jam #1: Suwannee Always Provides.

Keep up with the Wranglers as we head forth into the fray and celebrate the spring festival season in Florida. Things get started with Love Burn, then the Suwannee calls with Amp Jam #2, Spring Reunion and Resonate. This is how we do it. It’s why all the middle aged folks are moving closer to Live Oak. You already know.

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From October 30 through November 2, 2025 a Florida Man invited the world to Live Oak, on the banks of the Suwannee River for another installment of Suwannee Hulaween. They came all the way from Tejas, Dirty Jersey, the 239 and beyond to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, with a truckload of yellow jackets (not the kind that kiss your face), inflatable horses and pocket lasers for stellar music, art, food and serious life experience. This time nothing was left to chance. Perfect planning makes perfect execution. Wanna take it easy at the restival? Wanna get a solid evening of quiet sleep? No, no honey. Not tonight. Cheese. Love. Hapenis. once again executed plan A. Build it and get out of the way. Exactly what kind of contraband can one purchase on the dark web? You think you’re getting in my over sized bloomers? No, no honey. Not tonight. Welcome to Suwannee Hulaween “25: Come back Monday. Come back Tuesday and then I might.

As always, the eclectic lineup had something for all the peoples and was cornered with the String Cheese Incident and other monsters such as Goose, Zed’s Dead, DJ Pee.Wee, Mersiv, Tape B, Parcells, JRAD, the Disco Biscuits and more. From Spirit Lake to the Amphitheater, taking a slow walk to eighty acres, the Loop or the river, Live Oak is still the best place around to enjoy a camping and music festival. Sitting under the shade of the turkey oaks and Spanish moss, it’s easy to understand how you found your way on the bus. The only questions is, “Why is this inflatable horse licking my face?”

For their money, Cheese. Love. Hapenis organizers would revel in their own site and spend much of the weekend maintaining the vibe and nearby grounds. Accomplishing several short term goals, the family unit was pleased as punch to not have called security or Suwannee deputies on one of their own or fallen victim to overwhelming interpersonal soap opera drama. Goals also included bringing the acoustic instruments home, unbroken. Hulaween doesn’t break guitars, I do. Thankfully, Horhay found his way back from Billy in Huntsville and Moana showed up with a broken back. Troopers till the end. Baby steps to the elevator. It takes a village to raise a bunch of idiots and Hulaween is a perfect place to get lost in the theater of the mind.

“Did you try to Groundscore my bin of canned food? On Friday?”

Baitbucket pulled into SOSMP same as he’d done since 2002, except this time the Buick had no brakes and sounded like a shrieking banshee. Unlike their usual Saturday arrival, the fam was sliding in Tuesday afternoon with the rest of the scrubs. The crew had already met up at Ted’s house and was ready for the assault on Live Oak. Thanks to Lightnin’ Steve for leaving the Mother Ship next to the Poncho Tree ready for action. Staff camping had wrapped around ye ole Titty Kitty spot, so Pedro’s Circle K? Hagglin’ Post had to be pushed across the street and set up on the main road, which was sure to offer a different slant on things. The obvious question rolling around everyone’s head was whether this motley crew of sloppy degenerates could hold it together on the main strip or did they belong safely hidden in the backwoods speakeasy? Like Horhay’s inner thigh, it was a slippery slope and only time would tell.

Working prefest, Justin homesteaded Cheese. Love. Sauce while Spacebug clawed out a space for Kamp Hapenis in Giovanni’s old spot. The amalgamation that followed was a successful experiment in an incestuous blending of both camps. An ocean of new friends with camps built inside of other camps. Hulaween tradition. Same as it ever was.

When it comes to leaving presents in the Mother Ship, hard yes to Eduardo’s gas,
hard no to Moana’s drawer of mystery pills.

A kinder gentler hula? Indeed the Pine Field was a calmer beast when compared with the late night renegades of old and last year’s Sunday night live radio extravaganza. Sure, there was plenty of sideways fun, but the focus on space and vibe carried them through the weekend. At some point, Baitbucket even hid BroccAleeya’s megaphone from himself and even AlleyCat kept her megaphone hid in lieu of the harmless Mr. Microphone. The Ain’t Sisters say thank you. You’re welcome. There’s a fine line between humorous antics and obnoxious brutality and just before daybreak, the Cat has been known to bounce over it with impunity. Even the Bag Man was taking naps and keeping the shadow people at bay. Leading doctors recommend sleep and research shows it helps keep both of your eyes the same size.

El Gato, the cigarette connoisseur, built and brought glory hole numero dos and cerdo desmenuzado delicioso. Dan, Katy Magic, and Spacebug returned to Hula for the first time since 2017 and brought with them, their blistered version of fun. Turtles hauled in her message table and granted some of her patent squirrel messages to the braver patrons. Moana and Lucy had their vibrations raised at the Future Joy set and then, yet again, submitted to the wills of the forest.

The year of the boyfriends. The “ladies” were brought in to help the population numbers and keep this setup from turning into a handful of fraternity boys sitting in the dark, shotgunning Boomerangs. Skip to, now the harlots were all showing up with boyfriends? Whoa. Whoa. Settle down now. That was not the initial agreement. These hard tails slid into an already established camp and proceeded to skew the numbers. 65/35. Yo Parker, next time bring your seester. Coty didn’t know there was such thing as a two-headed girlfriend dragon until one bit him on the face. Did it really happen at all? It’s so easy to slip.

Don’t look now but somebody put googly eyes on the tiki torches.

The last angry cellist took David and Savanah to visit Rosie and the Soup Kitchen somewhere in the back labyrinth of the pine field nestled in the heart of the Titty Kitty compound. In response to a recent restraining order, Rosie was no longer allowed to camp within two hundred yards of Kamp Happiness although, like Emma Jay or other derelict renegades, she might well be known to sneak around the woods after sunset. Drunk on warm Beatbox, Bagadix kidnapped JBfly and found the Amphitheater for DJ Pee.Wee. Which line is for deep tissue frisking? C’mon bro, you’re not even close.

Pirate date night. For many privateers, Hulaween is the Super Bowl of the Jolly Roger game. Lucy had already borrowed Coty’s electric bike for afternoon pirate flag reconnaissance and during the beginning of Saturday Cheese she and Crispy found themselves slipping through the loop in search of Blackbeard’s booty. Naturally everyone else was in the show creating the perfect hunting grounds. Once she tasted blood on her lips there was no stopping her. Using her grandfather’s straight razor, they attacked the camps toward the river and somewhere around Eighty Acres, felt the heat. Hiding behind trees and tents, they entered an invisibility bubble and even exchanged clothes. Were they paranoid or were they being followed or both? Yo ho, yo ho a pirate’s life for me.

And who taught Monk how to pirate? Stealing the Jolly’s while the fam played music around the fire? He didn’t even get to meet the cousins or share in the contraband. All work and no play makes Big Chris a dull boy. Be sure to keep the White Buffalo at home sirs.

Several Tampa Jolly’s were harvested, one going to Katie Magik and one to Coty’s antique van, with the latter only to be double down harvested by Abigail on her way back from the water closet. Family stealing from family and the plot doth thicken.

In the fourth quarter Bfly pulled in a couple more flags on the way back from Molly Tuttle. Thanks for all the Phish who contributed to the fray. With Dom in California and Delson and Nick cuddling with Benjamin, it was a real opportunity for some greenhorn to earn their wings. A neighbor came over and confessed that he’d taken the One Night flag for his daughter and it was his first time absconding with booty. Indeed, he was proud of his first heist and the Suwannee River Pirates found another scallywag. That particular flag had been stolen in Good Life camping at EForest. Hulaween giveth and Hulaween taketh away. Next time around they would be hanging their flags with Coty’s cherry picker, taking things to a whole nutha level.

The throngs came out to enjoy one of Suwannee’s most special treats as thousands of bats could be witnessed flying out of Justin’s hair and returning, like clockwork, by sunrise. Thanks to Jamie and Lige for supplying the golf carts and KH complimentary courtesy vehicles. The crew got the VIPness ride to JRAD, the best place place to find all the Florida heads and this episode did not disappoint. The guys dropped a mad Loose Lucy while the Florida fam bumped and rubbed their way through a beautiful set on a beautiful day. Did we notice the beautiful Hulaween weather? Lucy always rooted for a warm Hula because it was already cold where most folks were from and it promoted nudity in costumes. Everyone got their wish this year and it was brisk, with everyone showing off their finest winter finery. Thank you for a real good time.

How’s my tie?

Lady Lake’s own BrocAlleah showed up with another thug of the first order and claimed her spot across from the Poncho Tree. This was the festival bartender crowd and after months of nonstop high-volume bar work, they were taking the week off. Lucy knew to be wary when Broc asked, “Do you wanna get down or do you wanna get down?” Who in the world gets carried like a baby back home from the stage? Everyone is a princess at Hulaween and sometimes the average tweaker is unable to carry them home.

“I said, Juanita, my sweet Juanita
What are you up to, my Juanita?
I said, Juanita, my sweet chiquita
What are you up to, my Juanita?”

“I’m on the lake bitch.”

Ms. Montana arrived from Tejas with prerolls hauled all the way from Lake Michigan. Love is a verb, not a noun. Her party coach served homemade Mollyadas for breakfast with a side of poppers. How quivery! Sam brought homemade mango snuff for dessert. Colorful camp mates take the guesswork out of the festival. Consistent quality. Low and slow baby.

Calm down old man, it’s just watered down moonshine, not fentanyl, bath salts or baby laxative. Where was Quinn and the revolving white lightning breakfast order? KT should have been watching Baitbucket’s six when the monkey man erupted from behind Savanah and tackled him at the base of his spine, flipping him over and dragging his junk across his bow. That is NOT enthusiastic content.

Lucy didn’t know if she was hallucinating but she was beginning to see googly eyes on everything.

Run for the hills, Mary and Dani have the drips!

Smooth gets the Mississippi blue ribbon first place for his leave-one take one, complete with a loaded cardboard box of homegrown Michigan outdoor. The indoor was for friends, which was perfect considering all KH had to smoke was useless Delta 9 from Buckeye Lake. Message for Hannah; click click click click click. Thanks for maintaining correspondence.

“Put my money in your meter, baby, so it won’t run down
But you caught me in the squeeze play on the cheesy side of town
Throw me a dime, throw me a line
‘Cause there’s a fat man in the bathtub with the blues
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan”

Connections. Reeking of bad salmon, David and Savannah traveled from Denver and found their way to the Pine Field to join the festivities. They received their first titty kitties and drug Lucy back to their domicile in eighty acres. As always Queen Mitochondria, Suwannee royalty, located the fam multiple times throughout the weekend. An angel from Montgomery with breakfast burrito gifts for the wooks reminds us that Hulaween provideth.

Almost missed connection. After a week of looking for Jacob, they came to find him sleeping around the campfire Sunday morning. “Somebody cover that wook up before he gets a sunburn.” Careful around this kamp. Next time you might want to take those shoes off before going down. Dock that wook a day’s pay for nappin’ on the job.

Gently used refrigerators. Cheap!!! Kinda rusty and dank, like your vagswa. Call Big D lil arel (rest in peace) at 888-8888  Don’t wait! Big D lil arel, he does what he says he’ll do.

Moving in with Kira and her band of thugs, the Artist Spiderman brought his Peter Rowan Free Mexican Airforce to the sunrise set, not to be confused with Abigail’s early morning Slayer and Anthrax requests. Quit licking my face. You’re welcome. You think I won’t kick a horse? So wrong. Swing by kamp and join the request happy hour anytime of the day. Thanks to Eduardo for supplying the support speaker and supporting seamless transitions. Sorry Jefe, no Bassnectar.

At the end of the day, it was a fantastic Hulaween no one in the extended family got hurt or arrested. A low bar to be sure but success is relative and subjective. Hulaween is a little different every year and it’s a cherished blessing to be growing with it. This is our time. Please visit the Suwannee Hulaween website and like their social media sites on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok and YouTube. Science is real. Follow Wranglers Media on their platforms as well. Don’t get left watching the paint dry.

For many, Hulaween represents the very best of experienced, family camping with professionals on both sides of the white wine. It is a slice of the “other” with everyone joining in a fairy tale in that place just past where the sidewalk ends. Thanks to Wooksville with their sick set up back in eighty-acres (Was that Jason Hann on your stage?) and our neighbors at the Bird Sanctuary Bar with their culture of professional debauchery. The street fire, camp maze and acoustic jams all showed, once again, why these campers have been expelled from other respectable camps. Thankfully, Hulaween has always managed to provide a space for all different brands of silliness.

Thanks to the Hula PR team for keeping our team in the loop for the ninth year. As 239 trash and Florida crackers of the first order, this family takes pride in showing off the park and our commitment as stewards. Don’t worry Brie, we picked up your butts. Thanks to the KH family for putting up with the low bar, scum line. Keep up with the Wranglers as we wrap up the festival season in Florida and then turn around and kick things off in the Sunshine State for another year of fortune and adventure with the Mother Ship. Return to the scene of the crime at Live Oak for Amp Jam #2, Suwannee Spring Reunion and Resonate or find us at Virginia Key for Love Burn. See you next year on the river. Plan A is still in effect.                    Namaste y’all.

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Tickets for Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival 2026 are on sale now. Ticket options include 4-Day General Admission, 4-Day GA+, and 4-Day VIP, along with a variety of camping, VIP glamping, parking packages and culinary experiences. Payment plans are available for all ticket types, camping passes, and add-ons for a 25% deposit. For complete ticket information, please see www.okeechobeefest.com/tickets.

Founded in 2016 with a mandate of authenticity, kindness, and respect between each other and the environment we inhabit, Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival 2026 will once again celebrate the spirit of music, arts, and community with epic live performances and Only-at-Okeechobee immersive experiences unlike those found at any other festival. The upcoming OMF 2026 will feature headline performances from The Lumineers, GRiZ (performing two sets, including a sure-to-be-unforgettable “Chasing The Golden Hour Set”), T-Pain, and Fisher, with additional headliners to be unveiled soon.

Further highlights will include performances from Alison Wonderland, Big Gigantic, Big Wild, BigXthaPlug, BLAAP, Flipturn, Ganja White Night, Goth Babe, Gramatik, IAN, LP Giobbi, LSDream (including LSDream presents LIGHTCODE), The Disco Biscuits, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Tractorbeam, Tycho, Young The Giant, and many more. As noted, many of the artists appearing at OMF 2026 are returning to the festival for their second, third, fourth – and in the case of GRiZ, fifth – appearance at Sunshine Grove, affirming the gathering’s unparalleled legacy of community and tradition. In addition, OMF 2026 will see the return of what has proven one of the festival’s defining moments since its inaugural event in 2016 – the PoWoW!, an all-star jam session pairing unexpected talents for a variety of live mashups filled with creativity and imagination against an epic setting under the stars deep in the heart of Sunshine Grove.

OMF 2026 will keep the music and spirit going all night long with the Jungle 51 Stage, presenting extended sets by internationally known DJs from sundown to sunrise, capturing all the energy of a club but in the beauty and atmosphere of a verdant jungle. During the day, Jungle 51 will morph into a wellness forest where attendees can participate in yoga and other mindful programming, or simply lounge around in the shade and enjoy the tropical surroundings. Many other “Only at Okeechobee” experiences will be on hand throughout Sunshine Grove, offering enrichment and exclusive happenings that are intrinsically connected to the surrounding ecosystem, from the immersive Chobewobee Village – melding captivating art installations and interactive activities with surprise performances and more – to the Farmers Market, where festivalgoers can buy fresh local produce, food, drinks and more from some of Okeechobee’s lovely neighbors. A new range of elevated dining experiences will also be available, including the Speakeasy Experience: Champagne Problems (open to all ticket types), VIP Dining Experience: The Grove Table, and VIP Dining Experience: Argentine BBQ Supper Club. More details on the world of OMF can be found at www.okeechobeefest.com/experience.

To mark the gathering’s milestone 10-year reunion, OMF has partnered with British artist Nigel Waymouth, whose visionary poster designs defined the psychedelic era, to create an original artwork for the 2026 event. Known for co-producing iconic posters that helped define the aesthetic of the psychedelic era, the new piece for Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival 2026 sees Waymouth returning to poster art for the first time in decades, continuing his lifelong celebration of peace, love, and life in color. An exclusive behind-the-scenes mini-documentary detailing the screen printing process of the OMF 2026 poster art, as well as Waymouth’s storied past as an artist and historic ties to music and popular culture, is streaming now on YouTube.

“Okee reminded me of something: not the scene, but the spirit,” says Nigel Waymouth. “I felt it was time for a little revival, to show the next generation what their forefathers have produced. With this piece and all of my art, I hope to remind everyone to always give peace a chance!”

Lineup:

The Lumineers, GRiZ (Performing 2x, including “Chasing The Golden Hour Set”), T-Pain, Fisher,  Alison Wonderland, Big Gigantic, Big Wild, BigXthaPlug, BLAAP, Flipturn, Ganja White Night, Goth Babe, Gramatik, IAN, LP Giobbi, LSDream (+ LSDream presents LIGHTCODE), The Disco Biscuits, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Tractorbeam, Tycho, Young The Giant, Ahee, Artifakts, Capochino, Covex, DENM, Dogs in a Pile, Effin, Eggy, Jantson, Know Good, Koastle, Lizzy Jane, Mary Droppinz, Penelope Road, Pretty Pink, ProbCause, Ravenscoon, Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners, Ries Brothers, Smokeland, Steller, The Stews, The Movement, Tropidelic, Trousdale, Truth, TVBOO, Whethen, Winyah, Zingara

JUNGLE 51: EXTENDED SETS SUNDOWN TO SUNRISE

Bergsonist, Black Rave Culture, Derrick May, Mathew Jonson, Moodymann, Nightmares on Wax, Octave One, Rechulski, Riva Starr, Special Request, TamiX, The Josh Craig, TV HILL

FESTIVAL 2026 TRAILER STREAMING NOW – WATCH

FOR COMPLETE TICKET INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.OKEECHOBEEFEST.COM/TICKETS

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With just over a month to go until Hulaween’s 12th annual celebration, the festival has revealed its highly anticipated stage lineups for The Meadow, The Hallows, The Amph, the Spirit Lake, and OFF LIMITS stages, igniting excitement for its return to Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, from Thursday, October 30 – Sunday, November 2, 2025.

This year’s bill spans the full spectrum of sound, bringing together world-renowned artists and emerging talent across electronic, jam, funk, and more – featuring a mix of debut performances and genre-blurring sets that capture the spirit of Hulaween. This lineup represents a cross-section of popular music, with something for everyone. Yes, camp is stupid fun but we’re here for the music.

Wook Wranglers Top 10 Artists to See at Hulaween

• The String Cheese Incident: At the end of the day, this is a String Cheese festival and Saturday date night cover set is a nonnegotiable. Sunday Cheese is known as the frisbee set. Grab your disk and join the fun. There always manages to be some surprises along the way.
• Joe Russo’s Almost Dead: JRAD is critical to have on the lineup because they bring all the hippies, and who’s more fun to camp with? Remember that Terrapin Station a couple of years ago? The truth is, a JRAD show at Suwannee is a great place to find all the Florida heads.
• Dogs in a Pile: Merging funk, jazz, and rock and roll with psychedelia, they present a completely original vibe built on kaleidoscopic soundscapes eerily reminiscent of the days of yesteryear. These guys have certainly been staying busy lately and now they land in the middle of Live Oak.

• Molly Tuttle: Who can forget Molly’s set with Golden Highway on the main stage? Shakes D. Clown? One pill makes you smaller.
• The Infamous Stringdusters with Sierra Hull: Travis Book and the boys teaming up with Sierra Hull for some serious bluegrass stylings. Hulaween’s lineup is always a fusion of eclectic choices. One can always expect to go home with some new favorites.
• Anderson Paak: Hulaween is welcoming back the Paak, this time under the name DJ Pee. Wee. Something funky this way comes.
• Future Joy: Remember Hula renegades with Zach and Emily in the Pine Field? Late night fun to be sure. This set will have some high energy so let loose.
• Zed’s Dead: Characterized by a fluid fusion of various styles, primarily dubstep, drum and bass, and hip-hop, but also incorporates elements of electro house, trap, and deep house. They are known for experimenting with and defying genre boundaries, earning them a reputation as tastemakers in the bass music community. Get ready to get greasy.
• LSZEE: This groundbreaking collaboration between two of the most in-demand, innovative artists in the electronic music world: LSDREAM and CloZee is just what the doctor ordered.
• LSDREAM guided mediation: It might be time for a vibrational realignment. Don’t forget your yoga mat. This is a great opportunity for a Spanish pause in a torrent of stimuli.

At the heart of the festival, The Meadow will once again serve as Hulaween’s main stage, spotlighting massive performances from some of the biggest names in jam, electronic, and roots music. Anchored by six sets from The String Cheese Incident and two sets from Goose, the stage will also host ILLENIUM, Parcels, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Molly Tuttle, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge, Shadowgrass, and more. With dazzling production, fireworks, and a lush natural backdrop, The Meadow sets the tone for the festival’s most unforgettable moments.

Deep in The Hallows, Hulaween will showcase a lineup that balances jam favorites, psychedelic explorations, and bass-heavy experimentation. Highlights include two sets from The Disco Biscuits, a special two-hour set from Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and a one-of-a-kind Lightcode by LSDREAM guided mediation on Saturday, November 1, designed to offer festival-goers a soul reset as they recharge for the second half of the weekend. The stage will also feature Glass Beams, LSZEE (LSDREAM b2b CloZee), Arc de Soleil, Franc Moody, Jade Cicada, Mersiv, Tape B, Tape B b2b Mersiv, BALTHVS, Sunsquabi, Susto String Band, Dizgo, Heavy Pets, and WonkyWilla, making The Hallows a can’t-miss stop for adventurous sets that blur the lines between improvisation and electronic innovation.

The Amph stage promises nonstop energy and a genre-spanning soundtrack primed for dance floor moments. Leading the charge is DJ Pee .Wee, the vinyl-only alias of Anderson .Paak, alongside bass giants Zeds Dead, party-starters Disco Lines and Dr. Fresch, and UK garage favorite Sammy Virji. The stage will also showcase icons Digable Planets, plus a stacked mix of house and bass talent including ATRIP, it’s murph, Mary Droppinz, Westend, DOMii, Cole Knight, Burgundee, SML, Future Joy, OMA, OkayJake b2b STVSH, and more.

Over on the Spirit Lake stage, Hulaween’s immersive art and music playground will once again come alive with a genre-spanning mix of forward-thinking electronic artists and eclectic live acts. The 2025 lineup features Gorgon City, Tinlicker (DJ Set), Sultan + Shepard, Le Youth, Distinct Motive, Peekaboo, and moe. (two sets), alongside innovators like Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, The Infamous Stringdusters with Sierra Hull, Dogs in a Pile, and High Fade. Set against a backdrop of projection-mapped lakefronts, fire effects, towering sculptures, and interactive installations, Spirit Lake transforms into a surreal world where cutting-edge music and large-scale art converge.

Hulaween has once again joined forces with the women-owned and led event company DEFINE EVERYTHING FUTURE (DEF) to bring back the iconic OFF LIMITS stage, an intimate 360-degree fan experience that immerses festival-goers in the underground’s most in-demand sounds. This year’s lineup boasts BLOND:ISH, Odd Mob, YDG, Conducta, Ahadadream, Alex Wann, clubaction, Maz, Gia Nobody b2b Sol, and more, plus secret sets every night. Equipped with a Funktion-One sound system and pyro effects from Incendia, OFF LIMITS seamlessly merges DEF’s immersive production with Spirit Lake’s creative playground, featuring projection mapping, hypnotizing light shows, and interactive installations for a truly cutting-edge experience.

Hulaween 2025 kicks off on Thursday and returns with four immersive and fantastical themes, each offering a unique world for festival-goers to explore. The celebration begins with “Beyond the Radiant Veil: There’s No Place Like Home,” where the characters of Oz in masquerade gather at the intersection of light and shadow, inviting everyone to return home to the swamp reflectively. Next, “The Mad Hatter’s Purple Ball” plunges attendees down the rabbit hole into a cosmic, purple-hued gala of madness, blending whimsy, chaos, and a touch of Prince-inspired extravagance.

As the festival unfolds, “Vampires, Sinners, & Saints” sets the stage for a thrilling night where villains, heroes, angels, and monsters converge in a dance of light and darkness, inviting all to revel in a celebration of good, evil, and everything in between. Finally, Hulaween closes with “Wicked Dark Disco Circus,” a glittering finale of disco vibes, animal prints, and forest-dwelling freaks, uniting music, art, and wild creativity as the 12th annual celebration culminates in sequins, spectacle, and untamed energy.

Hulaween has teamed up with world-renowned artist Sangho Bang – whose collaborations include Rick & Morty, Adult Swim, Phish, Of The Trees, Fender, Adidas, and Justin Bieber – to release the first of three limited-edition screen prints and an exclusive online merch drop. The pre-sale window is open now through September 12, with shipping beginning in early October.

Fans can shop online at Merch.Hulaween.com or pick up Sangho Bang’s hand-illustrated screen print posters on-site in limited-edition regular and foil variants. Two more screen prints and the rest of the 2025 festival collection, featuring additional artists, are coming soon, promising a full lineup of collectible art and merchandise for this year’s celebration.

Hulaween 2025 introduces Wizard Passes, offering new 2 and 4-person GA or GA+ glamping tents, plus add-ons for existing ticket holders. Designed for ease and comfort, each glamping package comes equipped with cozy bedding and throw blankets, bistro tables, bedside lighting, and a portable cooling unit, ensuring every detail keeps attendees comfortable while they dive deep into the Hulaween wonder.

HULAWEEN 2025 LINEUP

HEADLINERS (A-Z)
Disco Lines, DJ Pee .Wee (aka Anderson .Paak), Glass Beams, Goose (2x sets), ILLENIUM, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, LSZEE (LSDREAM + CloZee), Parcels, Sammy Virji, Tape B b2b Mersiv (plus solo sets), The Disco Biscuits (2x sets), The String Cheese Incident, Zeds Dead

SPECIAL GUESTS (A-Z)
Gorgon City, Jade Cicada, Tinlicker (DJ)

FEATURED SUPPORT (A-Z)
ATRIP, Alex Wann, Arc De Soleil, BLOND:ISH, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Digable Planets, Dogs In A Pile, Dr. Fresch, Franc Moody, it’s murph, Le Youth, Maz, moe. (2x sets), Molly Tuttle, Odd Mob, Peekaboo, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Sultan + Shepard (DJ set), The Infamous Stringdusters with Sierra Hull, Tractorbeam, Westend, YDG

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT (A-Z)
Afrobeta, Ahadadream, Anemoia, Annie Dukes, BALTHVS, Brad Miller Band, Borne, Burgundee, Captain Midnight, Club Action, Cole Knight, Colton Bowlin, Conducta, Distinct Motive, Dizgo, Domii, Future Joy, Gia Nobody b2b Sol, Gilberto 77, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge, Jigitz, Linska, Marah, Mary Droppinz, Nikita, The Wicked, OkayJake b2b Stvsh, OMA, Parlor Greens, Prizilla, Shadowgrass, Shannon Lauren Callihan, Shima, SIPPY, SML, Sooza Brass Band, SunSquabi, Susto String Band, The Heavy Pets, The Snozzberries, Villager, Vincent Antone, Wes Pipes and WonkyWilla.

Suwannee Hulaween is one of the country’s last truly independent, large-scale music festivals, returning each fall to its beloved home at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Since its inception in 2013, Hulaween has evolved into a premier cross-genre, Halloween-themed music and camping experience, known for curating an adventurous blend of electronic, jam, indie, bluegrass, funk, soul, and hip-hop. Anchored by festival founders The String Cheese Incident, the event has played host to over a decade’s worth of legendary performances from some of the most forward-thinking acts in modern music. Hulaween is also home to Spirit Lake, one of the most celebrated immersive art experiences in the American festival landscape. Featuring mind-bending projection mapping, interactive installations, and performances from multidisciplinary artists, Spirit Lake is a transformative playground where art and music collide. With its commitment to artistic expression, genre fluidity, and community-driven ethos, Hulaween continues to stand apart as a singular destination in the modern festival circuit.

See you soon.

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